Life as an entrepreneur in a ‘woke’ world

From a young age we realise that not everything is within our control and not everything goes to plan. A lesson that many of us struggle to accept – either because we secretly like to be in ...

The mental health of entrepreneurs

An entrepreneur’s mental health is typically looked at more closely once the individual’s journey has reached a place where they deem themselves and/or their business a success. Perhaps they are ...

SPACs and the power of the story

The much-debated question in the market at present is whether SPACs are being misused and overly inflating the potential value of companies that are not ready or even organised to realise such ...

Time to be honest about the transition to green energy

Even before the election, Germany had taken huge steps towards the green transition; the so-called “Energiewende” in Germany had started. In 2011, former German Chancellor, Angela Merkel (CDU), ...

Has the pandemic disrupted our working life?

The concept “remote work”, which we have all become so familiar with, is not new – the demand for flexibility in where and how people work has been building for decades. Before the crisis, ...

Why combining fine art and private equity clashed – our learnings from the OMNIA Bond 1.0

What was the state of the art market when OMNIA entered? Following the financial crisis, it was obvious that the banks was forced to only finance against liquid assets, primarily stocks and ...

SPAC is the new black

To those unfamiliar with a SPAC – a Special Purpose Acquisition Company, also known as a blank check company, it is a shell company with no commercial operations, which raises capital from ...

A golden opportunity for the private jet industry

As Covid started spreading across the globe in early Spring, both the commercial airlines and the private jet industry took a very hard hit. But then something happened with the private jet ...

One company, one brand

OMNIA Global – Do better

Green bonds

Green bonds have been around since 2007, when the European Investment Bank issued its Climate Awareness Bond, and the World Bank issued its green bond after a phone call from Swedish pension ...

Looking back at the securitisation market 2019

With the year coming to an end, we provide an overview of the developments affecting the securitisation market in 2019